Colombia will look to recover from a shock defeat last week when they host bottom-placed Chile in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.

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A run of 31 games without defeat in 90 minutes - including the entirety of Nestor Lorenzo's reign in charge - came to an end for Colombia on Thursday, when they suffered defeat in El Alto, losing 1-0 to 10-man Bolivia.

Having a man advantage for 70 minutes and not capitalising on it will be hugely disappointing for Lorenzo, who had seen his side move into second following a fine win over Argentina last month.

Colombia remain in second though, as Uruguay also lost last week, and the gap to Argentina at the top is only three points, as the Albiceleste dropped points too in what was a bad matchday for the top three.

The gap to the playoff place has shortened to five points, but Colombia will still be heavily fancied to progress after surprisingly missing out on the 2022 finals.

Playing at home has often yielded much better results for the hosts, as Colombia have taken 10 points from a possible 12 in Barranquilla in this campaign, however, Chile have proven difficult opponents over the years, winning only once at home to their upcoming opponents since 2001.

Chile are a much different team now though, as yet another defeat on Thursday saw them fall into last position in the CONMEBOL standings.

A 17th defeat in their last 20 meetings with Brazil has caused that, and it was a painful one for the Chileans to stomach, considering they led early on after Eduardo Vargas's goal in just over 60 seconds, but lost thanks to a 89th-minute strike from Luiz Henrique.

Peru's win over Uruguay means they have leapfrogged Ricardo Gareca's side, and the new manager is struggling to put much of an imprint on a side that was struggling long before his arrival.

Gareca did oversee one of Chile's worst results in recent memory last month though, becoming the first side to lose an away qualifier against Bolivia in 31 years, and dropping three points there will make it extremely difficult for them to recover, unless they snatch a very unlikely victory here.

Considering their only win so far came against fellow strugglers Peru at home last year suggests there is not much down for Chile here, as they are staring down the barrel at a fifth straight qualifying defeat.

Colombia possible starting lineup:

Vargas; S Arias, Mina, Lucumi, Borja; Uribe, Lerma, Rios; James, Duran, Diaz

Chile possible starting lineup:

Cortes; Loyola, Kuscevic, Maripan, Galdames; Valdes, Pavez, Echeverria; Osorio, Davila, Vargas